COLOMBO (News 1st) – Japanese Defence Minister, Itsunori Onodera met Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremasinghe last evening (August 21).

The meeting was held at the Temple Trees.

Onodera will also be taking a tour to Hambanthota and Trincomalee within the course of the day today (August 22).

This is incidentally the first time, a Japanese Defence Minister has made a visit to Sri Lanka.

The Japanese delegation is scheduled to leave the island tomorrow evening (August 23).

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